What's A Girl To Read?

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A Year Without Autumn

Liz Kessler (J Kess)

Jenni Green’s family vacation has finally arrived! Even though she has to deal with her annoying little brother, her slightly overbearing dad, and her very pregnant mom, she gets to spend a week with her best friend, Autumn. But twelve-year-old Jenni’s world turns upside down when she takes an old elevator to visit Autumn and discovers that everything has changed.

Three Times Lucky

Shelia Turnage (J Turn)

Moses LoBeau lives in the small town of Tupelo Landing, NC, where everyone's business is fair game and no secret is sacred. She washed ashore in a hurricane eleven years ago, and has found a home with the Colonel – a café owner with a forgotten past of his own – and Miss Lana, the fabulous café hostess. When a lawman comes to town asking about a murder, Mo and her best friend set out to uncover the truth.

Esperanza Rising

Pam Munoz Ryan (YA Ryan)

Esperanza thought she'd always live with her family on their ranch in Mexico, that she'd always have fancy dresses, a beautiful home, and servants. But a sudden tragedy forces Esperanza and Mama to flee to California during the Great Depression, and to settle in a camp for Mexican farm workers.

When You Reach Me

Four mysterious letters change Miranda’s world forever. By sixth grade, Miranda and her best friend, Sal, know how to navigate their New York City neighborhood. They know where it’s safe to go and they know whom to avoid. But then Miranda finds a mysterious note scrawled on a tiny slip of paper.

My Life in Pink and Green

Lisa Greenwald (J Gree)

Twelve-year-old Lucy Desberg is a natural problem solver. After the local homecoming queen shows up at her family's struggling drugstore with a beauty disaster that Lucy helps to fix, Lucy has a long line of makeover customers for every school dance and bat mitzvah. But all the makeup tips in the world won't help save the pharmacy.

The Total Tragedy of a Girl Named Hamlet

Erin Dionne (J Dion)

All Hamlet Kennedy wants is to be a normal eighth grader. But with parents like hers - Shakespearean scholars who actually dress in Elizabethan regalia… in public! – it's not that easy. As if they weren't strange enough, her genius seven-year-old sister will be attending her middle school, and is named the new math tutor.

13 Treasures

Michelle Harrison (J Harr)

Tanya is no ordinary girl. She can see fairies. But not the fairies we imagine. They are evil fairies who cast spells on her, rousing her from her sleep and propelling her out of bed. At wit's end with her daughter's inexplicable behavior, Tanya's mother sends her away to live with her grandmother at Elvesden Manor, a secluded countryside mansion on the outskirts of a peculiar Essex town.

Allie Finkle’s Rules for Girls: Best Friends and Drama Queens

Meg Cabot (J Cabo)

Allie Finkle is excited when a new girl, who comes all the way from Canada, joins her class at Pine Heights Elementary. Now Allie won't be the new girl anymore! But her excitement turns to dismay when the new girl, Cheyenne, starts telling everyone in the fourth grade what to do!

Just Grace

Charise Harper (J Harp)

The third-grader Grace Stewart gets stuck with the name “Just Grace” when she tries to distinguish herself from the three other Graces in her class. Grace is plenty different, though. She has a “teeny-tiny superpower,” for instance—she can tell if someone is unhappy and often tries to fix it.

The Truth About Truman School

Dori Butler (J Butl)

When Zebby and Amr create the website thetruthabouttruman.com, they want it to be honest. They want it to be about the real Truman Middle School, to say things that the school newspaper would never say, and to give everyone a chance to say what they want to say, too. But given the chance, some people will say anything – anything to hurt someone else.

Sassy: Little Sister is Not My Name

Sharon M. Draper (J Drap)

Sassy finds her school uniform boring, and she loves shopping at the mall, dressing up, and eating out at fancy places. As the youngest in her African American family, she hates being called Little Sister, but it is hard to get her busy parents to hear her.